Margaret Hodge

Margaret Hodge (8 September 1944-) was the British Labour Party MP for Barking from 9 June 1994, succeeding Jo Richardson.

Biography
Margaret Eve Oppenheimer was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1944 to German- and Austrian-Jewish refugee parents, and she was brought up in Orpington, London, England. She worked in marketing before entering politics, and she was elected to Parliament for Barking as a Labour Party member in 1994. Hodge was supportive of Israel, and she served as Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People from 1998 to 2001, Minister for Universities from 2001 to 2003, Minister of State for Children from 2003 to 2005, Minister of State for Work from 2005 to 2007, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism from 2007 to 2008 and from 2009 to 2010, and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.